Workers around the world demonstrate on May Day

May 1, 2013

International Workers Day demonstations around the world, from the tame to the violent.

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A Sri Lankan ruling party activist, his head shaved and painted, carries a placard bearing the image of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse during a May Day rally in Colombo May 1, 2013. Sri Lanka tightened security for dozens of labour day rallies in the capital with the opposition using the occasion to focus on sharp increases in electricity and high living costs.

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A Sri Lankan ruling party activist, his head shaved and painted, carries a placard bearing the image of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse during a May Day rally in Colombo May 1, 2013. Sri Lanka tightened security for dozens of labour day rallies in the capital with the opposition using the occasion to focus on sharp increases in electricity and high living costs.